Gigantic Explosion & Gigantic "Serpent" for Friday, February 20, 2009

Gigantic explosion in space

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1032944

Most Extreme Gamma-ray Blast Ever, Seen By Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141458.htm

Gamma-ray burst

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray_burst

Chile's Chaiten volcano spews molten rock, ash

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51i77h-us-chile-volcano/

Chaiten Volcano

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaiten_Volcano

NASA Study Predicted Outbreak Of Deadly Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217101433.htm

RVF

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift_Valley_Fever

Clinton: Bush Could Have Prevented '90%' of Financial Mess

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/President44/story?id=6916695&page=1

Some states to use stimulus to forestall layoffs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29267746/

Calif. gov. to sign budget-balancing bill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29300180/

1 in 7 manufacturing jobs lost between 2004 and '08: StatsCan

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/20/joblosses.html

Clinton arrives for Chinese talks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7901235.stm

Latvian PM quits as crisis bites

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7901902.stm

Ivars Godmanis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivars_Godmanis

Germany approves stimulus package

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7902223.stm

Bank of America CEO subpoenaed over bonuses

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29298835/

Transport czar eyes tax on mileage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29298315/

Canadian restructuring plans due for GM, Chrysler

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/20/auto-bailout.html

UK car plant 'at risk of closure'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7901092.stm

GM’s Saab unit files for bankruptcy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29298152/

Saab aims to survive without GM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7901027.stm

Saab

http://www.saabgroup.com/en/index.htm

Iran understates uranium stocks to IAEA: diplomats

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51i47x-us-nuclear-iaea-iran/

Iran ready to build nuclear weapon, analysts say

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/20/iran.nuclear/index.html

International Atomic Energy Agency

http://www.iaea.org/

Zimbabwe recovery costs 'massive'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7901909.stm

WHO: Zimbabwe cholera cases top 80,000

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29301517/

Guantanamo inmate 'released soon'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7902243.stm

Benyam Mohamed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binyam_Mohamed

Opening Up Bernie's Books: Hunting $10 Billion in Suspect Entries

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6916429&page=1

Trustee: Madoff bought no securities for clients

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29299931/

Agents find billionaire Stanford

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7900666.stm

Stanford's whereabouts: again a mystery

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n20500068-us-stanford-fbi/

Antigua takes control of Texas financier’s bank

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29277787/

Questioning Stanford could get you fired

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29298340/

Italy passes emergency rape law

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7902107.stm

Unusual Electronic Properties In Bismuth-based Crystalline Material May Lead To Better Computer Chips And Solar Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141530.htm

Atomic Structure Of Nanocrystals Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218141959.htm

Atomic Nucleus With Halo: Scientists Measure Size Of One-Neutron Halo With Lasers For First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220075314.htm

Forget The Freezer: Novel Way To Control Water Behavior Using Nanometer-sized spaces

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220102259.htm

Bill would preserve Internet records for police

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/20/internet.records.bill/index.html

Hackers target Xbox Live players

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7888369.stm

Xbox Live

http://www.xbox.com/live/

IPoint 3D: Using Your Fingers As A Remote Control

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220075312.htm

iPoint 3D

http://www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/interactive-media-human-factors/overview/ipoint-3d/?0=

Help for poor to access banking

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7899396.stm

Investing in the next 'big thing'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7900463.stm

Two-step Chemical Process Turns Raw Biomass Into Biofuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210182439.htm

'Superguns' of Elizabeth I's navy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7899831.stm

Most Wars Occur In Earth's Richest Biological Regions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220110910.htm

New Monitoring Stations Detect 'Silent Earthquakes' In Costa Rica

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151609.htm

Bolivian Andes glaciers at risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7900813.stm

Retreat of Glaciers Since 1850

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_glaciers_since_1850

Permafrost Is Thawing In Northern Sweden

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218081629.htm

Coastal Wetlands In Eastern U.S. Disappearing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141134.htm

Half Of Oil In Ocean Bubbles Up Naturally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219101658.htm

100-Foot 'Borneo Monster' Said Photographed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090220/sc_livescience/100footborneomonstersaidphotographed;_ylt=AjhSv7l8kNulWwY14_LktPUPLBIF

Link to Photo of the “Nabau”

http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?s=strangenews&c=news&l=&pic=090219-monster2-02.jpg&cap=The+snake-like+monster+of+Borneo+in+an+allegedly+real+photograph+of+the+river+Baleh.+The+creature+is+said+to+be+100+feet+long.+Loo


Origin of Life On Earth: Scientists Unlock Mystery Of Molecular Machine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219105324.htm

Crew cuts ice for dolphins but bid may have backfired: expert

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/02/20/dolphin-rescue.html

Baby meerkats make their debut

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7901055.stm

Suricata suricatta

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerkat

How Fat or Fit Were Dinosaurs? Scientists Use Laser Imaging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220110912.htm

Shark Attacks Decline Worldwide In Midst Of Economic Recession

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219111000.htm

Mexico's Monarch Butterflies Under Threat

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=6896813&page=1

Danaus plexippus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_Butterfly

Japanese Corals Change Sexes On Sea Floor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219202833.htm

Scientists find genes to protect wheat from rust

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51i5nz-us-wheat-genes/

Puccinia triticina

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(fungus)

Indoor Plants Can Reduce Formaldehyde Levels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217141419.htm

Formaldehyde

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formaldehyde

Detecting Disease In Greenhouse Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217112128.htm

Soybean Product Fights Abnormal Protein Involved In Alzheimer’s Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218223842.htm

Single-celled Algae Took The Leap To Multicellularity 200 Million Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219140546.htm

Billions Of Years Ago, Microbes Were Key In Developing Modern Nitrogen Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219141436.htm

FDA: Psoriasis drug could cause deadly brain infection

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/20/raptiva.brain.infection/index.html

FDA OK's implant to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/20/medtronic-reclaim.html

Meningitis Bacteria Dress Up As Human Cells To Evade Our Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218135039.htm

Food poisoning strikes 1 in 4 Americans a year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29285754/

High-fat Diets Inflame Fat Tissue Around Blood Vessels, Contribute To Heart Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218142001.htm

Commonly Available Drug Found To Treat Opioid Addiction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090217212255.htm

Ondansetron

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondansetron

Chewing Gum Helps Treat Hyperphosphatemia In Kidney Disease Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212150854.htm

Hidden Phosphorus Food Additives Dangerous To Kidney Disease Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210161912.htm

Bacteria In Urinary Tract Infections Caught Making Burglar's Tools

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219202725.htm

U.S. soldier guilty of murdering 4 Iraqis

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29301521/

Mexican cop killed as chief pressured to quit

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_violence;_ylt=Ak_LR7_UeAowbjz.wRSItPqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFibjVtaWNyBHBvcwM1NwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNtZXhpY2FuY29wa2k-


Try These 9 Alternatives to Peanut Butter

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/story?id=6914355&page=1

Record number of Canadians report UFO sightings in 2008

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090220/K022004AU.html